Re: Shell wildcards considered dangerous?

[Heiko Schlittermann <hs () schlittermann de>]

Georgi Guninski <gguninski () gmail com> (Mo 09 Dez 2019 14:23:16 CET):
> ====
> $rm -rf /tmp/1 ;mkdir /tmp/1 ; cd /tmp/1 ; tar cf a.tar /etc/issue
> $ : >  --to-command="yes .tar"
>
> #end creating, starts PoC
> tar xf *.tar

That's not a technical fault. It's a fault on the human side.

If you call the above command in a typical Bourne shell, you should be
prepared to handle the trouble. Smart admins don't do that.

If an application calls the above command via system(), you should
file a bug against that application. Smart programmers know how to
avoid the shell for such invocations (or avoid such invocations in the
first place.)


    Best regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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